When life happens

The Thursday morning that we were leaving Tasmania, I woke up to an unexpected text message.  It was from Air New Zealand — our carrier for our Australia/New Zealand flights that we had coming up on Monday (4 days away!).  It was not encouraging news.

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2018 – Part 29 – Hotel Review Double Feature: Best Westerns of Hobart

Instead of two separate reviews, here is a combined post of the two Best Western properties in, and near Hobart Tasmania; Best Western Balmoral Motor Inn, and Best Western Hobart.

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2018 – Part 27 – ANZAC Day in Launceston

I wanted to check out what occurs during ANZAC Day.  However, once I found out that the main ceremony would occur around 6am, the “I’m on vacation” part of my mind did go into overdrive.  I’m glad I ignored it and skipped one day of sleeping in. 

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